Midnight Club: Los Angeles to be updated with easier difficulty

Rockstar Games will be updating Midnight Club: Los Angeles with an easier …

Rockstar's recently released Midnight Club: Los Angeles for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 will be receiving an update, but not the kind that will add new content of functionality. Instead, the R* team have tuned the beginning of the game to make progress easier.

"Obviously, we like to listen to our fans," R* vice president of development Jeronimo Barrera told Newsweek. "We've done a bit of tuning on the dynamic race structure so that early on, it will be easier for novice players to get to the later races." According to Barrera, the changes were made based on feedback from fans on message boards.

However, while the initial portion of the game has been made easier, Barrera insists that this won't affect the learning curve. "The way the structure is set up, you can do just the easy races and still progress," he explained. "Having truly open-world races—if you can't enjoy the red races, you'll definitely enjoy the yellow or the green races—it's almost like we're able to target a specific group with our fixes, without affecting the hardcore. You still have to play red races, but you won't have to beat them in order to progress."

It's nice to see the developers listening to fan feedback, and it sounds like the update will do a good job of eliminating some of the frustrating moments that could turn off certain games. The update should be available to 360 owners today, while PS3 gamers will have to wait until a later, unspecified, date.